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No. 459,483. Patented Sept. 15 1891,

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UNITED STATES FRANKLIN R. WHITE, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE PATENT OFFICE.

PATENT BUTTON COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,483, dated September 15, 1891.

Application filed April 2, 1890. Serial No. 346,277- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN R. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in buttons, and more particularly to that kind or class thereof which consist in part of a tack or rivet and which are applied to the mate- .rial by means of button-attaching machines,

the object of my invention being to so construct an article of this character that the rivet or tack shall pierce its way through the cloth or fabric and overcome to a great extent the danger of it becoming detached therefrom after being secured to the same; further, to provide a button which shall be simple in construction and capable of being produced at a small cost.

With such ends in View my invention consists of a button formed or constructed with a bar, pin, or strip of metal extending across the same and a tack or rivet the point or end of which is bent around said pin or bar when fastened or secured to the cloth or other material.

My invention further consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will. be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a button constructed in accordance with my invention, having the top or face thereof removed. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the stud inserted within the hollow shank of the button. Fig. 3 is a sectionalviewof the same on the line 00 w of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the button having a plain or cloth surface. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are plan views of buttons, showing several of the many shapes in which the bar or pin may be used. Fig. 8 is a detached view of the hollow stud intended to fit within the hollow shank of the button and hold the pin Fig. 9 is a detached View of the metal plate intended to be used in 0011- nection with the cloth-covered button. Fig. 10 is a modification showing the button constructed without the hollow stud.

With reference to the drawings, A represents the top'or face of the button, the center of which is struck up, forming on the under side a cavity or indentation a.

13 represents the back of the button, provided with a central opening for the insertion of the hollow shank or stud C, which may, if desired, be made cylindrical or in the form of a truncated cone, the end of the shank after being inserted in said opening in the back of the button being spread open or turned over, or in any other desired manner be securely fastened in position.

D represents a bar, pin, orpiece of wire interposed between the face and back of the button. This pin or bar extends across the hollow shank, and is held in such position by means of the stud E, which is provided with the slots b, extending along the greater portionof its length, and through which slots said pin extends, the said stud, after having the pin inserted in the said slots, being itself inserted in position within theshank,theinner c of said stud being rounded or arched, leaving sufficient space or room behind the barthat is, between the bar or pin D and the end 0 of the stud-to allow the end of the tack or rivet F to pass between them when the latter is bent around the bar and secured to thebutton. Instead, however, of having a straight pin or bar D held in position across the center of the opening of the shank by means of the stud E, I may dispense with the latter and form the pin of various shapes, (shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 of the drawings,) and which are preferably of such shape that the pin will have at least three points of contact or more, if desired,'with the inner edge of the button and a portion thereof extending across the opening in the shank, the object being to have and retain the pin across the center of the button and shank, in order that the end of the rivet, which is preferably made pointed, when inserted in the shank will, when bent or turned over, Wrap itself around said bar and pin, and thus be tightly secured to the button, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

It will be readily seen that by having a portion of the pin extend across the center of the button and the hollow shank and by having three or more points of contact with the inner surface or surfaces of the face and back of the button said central portion of the pin will always retain its proper central position within the head of the button.

As the inner head of the retaining-stud E is convex in form and projects above the inner surface of the back of the button, I form the cavity a in the face of the button for its reception. If, however, the back of the button is made sufficiently concavo-convex in form, itis obvious that the formation of such cavi y in the face of the button will not be necessary, as the edge of the back of the button will extend above the inner end 0 of the stud and receive the face of the button without the latter interfering with the said inner end of the retaining-stud. By having the end of the stud fit within a cavity in the face of the button, however, as shown in Fig. 2, all danger of said stud becoming displaced during the operation of fastening the rivet therein is overcome.

In case it is desired to form the button with a plain or smooth face, as in the case of a cloth-covered button, I insert. between said face and the back thereof a plate G, having formed therein the cavity a,which,when the parts are in their proper relative positions, will allow a space behind the pin extending across the same to allow the point of the tack or rivet to be bent around said pin, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. I have also shown in Fig. 10 of the drawings the button constructed and arranged without the hollow stud E, the cavity a being formed in the face of the button itself, and by means of which the end of the tack or rivet- F is bent around the pin D, as shown.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A button constructed with a pin or bar extending across a recess or cavity formed in said button, in combination with a solid tack or rivet, a hollow shank, and a dome for clinching said tack or rivet around said bar, substantially as set forth.

2. A button constructed with a hollow shank, a pin or bar held in position across said shank, and a tack or rivet engaging with said pin or bar, and a dome for clinching the tack or rivet into such engagement, substantially as set forth.

3.' The button hereinbefore described, constructed with a hollow shank O, a bar or pin interposed'between the face and back thereof and held in position by means of the domed stud E, fitting within said shank, and the tack or rivet F.

Signed at \Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, this 17th day of March, A. D. 1890.

FRANKLIN R. WVHITE.

Witnesses:

IRVING G. PLATT, WALTER J. VVARRIOK. 

